Global Patent Index - EP 1502394 A4

EP 1502394 A4 20100210 - ETHERNET WIDE AREA NETWORK AND METHOD

Title (en)

ETHERNET WIDE AREA NETWORK AND METHOD

Title (de)

GROSSFLÄCHIGES ETHERNET-NETZWERK UND VERFAHREN

Title (fr)

RESEAU ETENDU ETHERNET ET PROCEDE

Publication

EP 1502394 A4 20100210 (EN)

Application

EP 03733936 A 20030505

Priority

  • US 0313949 W 20030505
  • US 14137002 A 20020508

Abstract (en)

[origin: US2003210706A1] An ethernet wide area network (10) has a number of interconnected network ethernet switches (12). A first local area network (18) has a first local area ethernet switch (16) and is connected to one (14) of the interconnected network ethernet switches (12). A second local area network (24) has a second local area ethernet switch (22) connected to a second (20) of the interconnected network ethernet switches (12).

IPC 8 full level

H04L 12/413 (2006.01); H04L 12/46 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP US)

H04L 12/4616 (2013.01 - EP US)

Citation (search report)

  • [A] US 6047325 A 20000404 - JAIN LALIT [US], et al
  • [X] KHALIL K M ET AL: "Analysis and traffic characterization of a wide area network", PROCEEDINGS OF THE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON COMMUNICATIONS (ICC). GENEVA, MAY 23 - 26, 1993; [PROCEEDINGS OF THE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON COMMUNICATIONS (ICC)], NEW YORK, IEEE, US, vol. 3, 23 May 1993 (1993-05-23), pages 1829 - 1835, XP010137196, ISBN: 978-0-7803-0950-0
  • See references of WO 03096591A2

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IT LI LU MC NL PT RO SE SI SK TR

DOCDB simple family (publication)

US 2003210706 A1 20031113; US 7046671 B2 20060516; AU 2003239352 A1 20031111; AU 2003239352 A8 20031111; CA 2484224 A1 20031120; EP 1502394 A2 20050202; EP 1502394 A4 20100210; EP 2267949 A2 20101229; EP 2267949 A3 20110427; US 2006153213 A1 20060713; US 2010103944 A1 20100429; US 7633951 B2 20091215; US 8149853 B2 20120403; WO 03096591 A2 20031120; WO 03096591 A3 20040122

DOCDB simple family (application)

US 14137002 A 20020508; AU 2003239352 A 20030505; CA 2484224 A 20030505; EP 03733936 A 20030505; EP 10185351 A 20030505; US 0313949 W 20030505; US 35982206 A 20060222; US 60511709 A 20091023